Ignoring "Able Danger" [View All]

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The longer that Democrats try to avoid forcing an inquiry into the "Able Danger" revelations, the more we are going to see stories like this;

Able Danger warned of attack on USS Cole - By: KEITH PHUCAS, Times Herald Staff 10/25/2005 - NORRISTOWN - Senior Pentagon officials were warned not to let the USS Cole dock in Yemen two days before terrorists attacked the ship five years ago killing 17 sailors, according to Congressman Curt Weldon, who said the crucial intelligence was gleaned from the former secret defense operation, "Able Danger."

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The military's Special Operations Command ran the high-tech dragnet that searched for terrorist linkages. The terrorist associations were mapped out on large charts, according to Shaffer and other of "Able Danger" colleagues, during the program that operated between 1999 and 2001.

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Besides claiming to identifying Atta from a grainy photograph prior to Sept. 11, the intelligence team also tried to warn the Pentagon not to allow the USS Cole to make a refueling stop in Yemen five years ago, Weldon said.

On Oct. 12, 2000, a small boat loaded with explosives rammed into the side of the USS Cole as the ship refueled in port at Aden, killing the 17 Navy personnel. "(Able Danger members) also identified the threat to the USS Cole two weeks before the attack, and two days before the attack were screaming not to let the (ship) come into the harbor at Yemen, because they knew something was going to happen," he said.

I highly recommend that Democrats encourage their reps to get on the "Able Danger" train, and encourage the 9/11 Commission to reinvestigate all whistleblower testimony, not just the "Able Danger" stuff.

If you choose not to, Weldon will be flying with only Repubs like Sensenbrenner as his wingman, Lord knows that will be balanced. "Able Danger" will then be used as a partisan cudgel to smack Democrats over the head with regarding 'security' come election time.

Here's my long take on it:

"Able Danger" as Public Service

It won't be pretty, but a holistic approach to whistleblower revelations will be beneficial to all Americans, not just one party.

There is a cover-up afoot.